Tambila fletcheri Distant, 1918

Shobharani, M., C. A. Viraktamath & Webb, M. D., 2018, Revision of the penthimiine leafhopper genus Tambila Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) of the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4514 (4), pp. 501-515 : 503-504

Tambila fletcheri Distant

Figs 4–5 , 30 .

Tambila fletcheri Distant 1918:23 .

Head, thorax and scutellum light brownish yellow. Head, both anterior and posterior margins of pronotum darker with brown suffusions. Forewing without any maculae.

Female genitalia. Seventh sternite longer medially than sixth, lateral angles of posterior margin conical, posterior margin medially strongly produced with median concavity, lateral margins of concavity pointed, area adjacent to median projection deeply concave. Eighth tergite in ventral view extending to half length of pygofer lobe and as wide as pygofer lobe.

Measurement. Female 6.08mm long, head 2.52mm wide across eyes and 2.76 mm wide across pronotum.

Material examined. SRI LANKA: Lectotype ♀ (here designated), ‘ Type H. T’ ‘ Tambila fletcheri Dist. type’ ‘ Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, iv.1912 ’ ‘ Ceylon, T. B. Fletcher, 1909 80’ ( BMNH).

Remarks. This species was described from an unknown number of specimens (syntypic) with the following data: ' Ceylon; Nuwara Eliya (Bainbrigge Fletcher)’. It is known only from the female lectotype and can be recognized by the brownish yellow head and thorax contrasting with the darker remainder of the body. The female seventh sternite is similar to that of T. conspersa , but T. fletcheri differs in being much paler in colour and lacking brown maculations.

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Species of Tambila, dorsal view. 1–2, T. badia lectotype female, habitus, and head and pronotum, respectively; 3, T. conspersa, lectotype female; 4–5, T. fletcheri, lectotype female, habitus, and head and pronotum; 6–7, T. greeni, lectotype female, head and pronotum, and habitus; 8–9, T. opulenta, lectotype female, habitus, and head and pronotum; 10–11, T. vittatifrons, lectotype, head and pronotum and habitus.

FIGURES 23–36. Species of Tambila. 23–27, female genitalia of T. majuscula from Meppadi, female sternite VII (23), valvula I (24–25) and valvula II (26–27). 28–32, apex of female abdomen, ventral view: 28, T. badia, lectotype; 29, T. conspersa, lectotype; 30, T. fletcheri, lectotype; 31, T. greeni, lectotype; 32. T. vittatifrons, lectotype. 33–36, T. opulenta lectotype male genitalia synonymized with T. greeni: 33, style, dorsal view; 34, 35, aedeagus, lateral view; 36, aedeagus, ventral view.